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162 sats \ 11 replies \ @siggy47 10 Feb \ on: Stacker Saloon

Killing time in a Fort Lauderdale hotel, I am reading about the Seminole Wars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars

Nobody taught me about this stuff in my US history classes.

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37 sats \ 10 replies \ @optimism 10 Feb

The survivor gets to write history. Which is why we can't know for sure if any of this is really true.

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112 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 10 Feb

I wasn't aware that escaped slaves from Georgia were seeking refuge in Florida, to begin with.

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48 sats \ 8 replies \ @optimism 10 Feb

I have similar things wrt the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, where I've only heard indirect evidence for opposite claims in the narratives from both sides. That conflict is happening right now, and the best we have is bellingcat...

I have unfortunately become extremely skeptical of stuff that happened earlier than "right now" because of this.

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112 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 10 Feb

I can see why. I'm reading a first person account of what I think of as the Armenian genocide, but Turkish people don't call it that.

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37 sats \ 6 replies \ @Bell_curve 11 Feb

have you noticed Turkey has no allies or friends?

I mean who gets along with Turkey?

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112 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 11 Feb

Well, Turkey is a NATO member. It has provided strategic airbases over the years. It is always complicated, but I think Turkey is in a tough spot geographically and ideologically, trying to walk a thin line.

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37 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 11 Feb

what was the purpose of NATO? to defeat USSR

USSR disintegrated in 1991, Dec 25

In 1991, nato had 16 members

Today, nato has 32 members, 16 more members after ussr collapsed

what is the purpose of nato today? serious question, not trolling

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12 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 11 Feb

Oh, I agree. There is absolutely no need for NATO. I was just using that as an example of Turkey having friends.

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